Advantage but it would appear that this was not necessarily a great week for them. They were hit with a trio of not so good to downright ugly poll, and some Key Senate Races that they are hoping to flip. Showing candidates like Betty Orourke in texas and fill bredson in tennessee and jackie rosen in nevada, all trailing. And in the house, where democrats need 23 seats to win back control, the cook political reports latest forecast says the democrats are more likely to pick up something closer to 25 seats, versus say 40, which yes, it is still enough for them to take back the house, but a blue wave that is not. Especially considering democratic expectations. So whats going on here . Are republicans staging a defy the odds comeback as they did just two years ago . Or are we seeing republicans on something of a sugar high after winning the kavanaugh fight . To make matters more interesting, according to a New Washington post abc news poll out this afternoon, there are signs that kavanaugh
Prince, the Vice President will also be abroad and the special counsel could wrap up all next week. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is friday, february 22nd. Along with joe, willie and me, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, politics editor for the daily beast sam stein, legendary ad man, donny deutsch. Oh, no. Thats right. Political analyst susan del percio, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and msnbc political analyst Eugene Robinson and msnbc legal analyst Danny Cevallos back with us this morning. Good to have you here this morning. A judge yesterday ordered that 49yearold Christopher Paul hassan be held without bail for at least two more weeks to allow prosecutors to build their case against him. Hassan was arrested last week on drug and gun charges. On tuesday prosecutors filed papers alleging he had been gathering a stockpile of weapons and ammo with plans to launch a widespread attack on prominent democratic lawmakers and several highprofile journalists. Prosecut
Lawyer agreed to cooperate with prosecutors after he previously said he would take a bullet for the president. And under review. An extensive report from the New York Times into duetch banks relationship with President Trump. Details that the bank saw multiple red flags over a two decade relationship that included bankruptcies and inflated assets. Yet they still gave him more than 2 billion to finance his real estate projects. And making their big pitch. 2020 Democratic Candidates come out swinging for the voters all the way to the fence. Throwing out big ideas on guns, term limits, and the future of elections. My view is that every vote matters. We can have National Voting and that means get rid of the Electoral College. We begin with a whole lot of new documents and information coming out this morning and its related to the special counsel and one of the congressional investigations surrounding President Trump. Now some of that information was released seconds ago. I have a great tea
Nancy pelosi crossed paths during the National Peace officers memorial day event outside the capitol yesterday. A bystander said he approached nancy pelosi and said did you bring your handcuffs . You know, its a good thing that we have an attorney general thats laughing at being held in contempt of congress and also laughing about the fact that, well, he committed perjury before congress. Hes hysterical. He thinks its a joke, thinks its funny. Its all a game and it comes in the context that the white house is shutting down any request from the white house committee. Youd like to think the attorney general views himself as independent from all that. As weve seen over the last month or two, hes not. Actually, hes laughing about breaking the law. Hes laughing about being held in contempt of congress. The white house is laughing. The attorney general is laughing about them breaking the law that requires the president of the United States, the irs, to turn over the president s tax returns t
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